16 GOINGS ON ABOUT MOTION PICTURES DAVID AND LISA-A touching story about a l11entally disturbed boy and girl who find their way back into the world by finding each other. Starring Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, and Howard Da Silva (Plaza, 42 E 5 8th , EL 5-3320.) DAYS OF WINE AND RosEs-Wonderful perform- ances by Jack Leml110n and Lee Remick justify your enduring a repellent story, on a level slightly above soap opera. about a young couple hitting the bottle and trying to stop. (Kips Bay, 2nd Ave. at 31st, LE 2- 6668; starting May 22, tentative.) DIVORCE-ITALIAN STYLE-If you're a handsol11e young nobleman in Sicily, tired of your wife and in love with a delectable cousin, l11urder is the one solution to your problem. Here, in a brilliant farce, IS how the trick is done. Pietro Germi is the director, and the t\vo stars are Marcello Mastroianni and Sicily. (Paris, 4 W. 58th, MU 8-0 134.) ELECTRA-The Greek director Michael Cacoyan- nis has filmed his version of the Euripides tragedy in an authentic setting and with an authentic solemn grandeur. Luckily, the heroine, Irene Papas, is fair to look upon, and so is the Greek landscape. (Waverly, 6th Ave. at 3rd, W A 9-8037; through May 18.) FREUD-Ho\v a certaIn young doctor in Vienna in the eighteen-eighties came to .explore the unconscious mind, and \\That he found there. But the director, John Huston, has made the l11ap of the unconscious a little too easy to read, and Montgomery Clift sounds more like Coolidge than Freud. (Art, 36 E. 8th, GR 3-7014; through May 21.... ç Gram- ercy, Lexington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; Green- wich, Green\vich Ave. at 12th, W A 9-3350; and Midtown, B'way at looth, AC 2-1200; starting May 22.) LAWRENCE OF ARABIA-A rendering, in scenes of extraordinary natural beauty, of T. E. Lawrence's fal110us "Seven Pillars of Wis- dOl11." Lawrence was a strange little Eng- lishman who loved Arabia and fought to free it of the Turks, and it is this love that has been well celebrated here. The cast includes Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, and Anthony Quayle, and the director is David Lean. (Criterion, B'way at 44 th , JU 2- 1796. Weekdays at 8 and Sundays at 7:3 0 . Matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2. Reserved seats only) THE LETTER THAT WAS NEVER SENT-Geologists in search of diamonds in the Siberian wilder- ness discover that nature is both innocent and fllurderous, and therefore hard to out- wit. A Russian picture, exquisitely photo- graphed. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-337 0 ; May 17-20.) THE LONGEST DAy-Darryl Zanuck's conscientious reconstruction of D Day, which, for all its three hours' juggling with life and death, is never very l11oving. (Warner, B'way at 47th, CO 5-5711. Weekdays at 8:15 and Sundays at 8. Matinées Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:30. Reserved seats only.) THE MIND BENDERS-A British thriller that stops being thrilling before it stops, but is never- theless worth seeing. With Dirk Bogarde and Mary Ure. (R.K.O. 23rd St., 8th Ave. at 23rd, AL 5-7050.) MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY-Marlon Brando as Fletcher Christian and Trevor Howard as Captain Bligh in a high-flown rendering of a tale that used to be about good and evil but that now concerns the class struggle, sex, and other Hollywood commonplaces The sea scenes are stupendous. (State. B 'way at 45th, JC 2-5070. Nightly at 8:30. Matinees Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2: 30. Reserved seats only.) SANJURO-A Japanese romance In which a sort of Robin Hood sort of outwits innumerable bad l11en, to the relief of quite a fe\\ good ones. Adroitly directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune. (Toho Cinema, 209 W. 45th, LT 1-17 88 .) THE SEASON FOR LOVE-With time on one's hands and lots of pretty women and pretty scenery about, one is apt to become confused A pleas- antly French French cOl11edy, with Daniel Gelin, Françoise Arnoul, and Françoise Prevost and directed by Pierre Kast (Guild, 33 W 5 0th , PL 7- 2 4 0 6.) 7 CAPITAL SINs-A large assortment of French FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST ARE DESCRIBED ON THIS PAGE \vriters, directors, and actors have created seven separate vignettes inside a single frame. At least three of the vignettes are very funny, and the rest are full of funny bits. Sin has much to be said for it, and the French ar.e ahvays saying it. (Art. 36 E. 8th, GR 3-7014; starting May 22 ) SPARROWS CAN'T SING-A roU':;ing, pell-meU com- edy of London lowlife, directed to perfection by the great Joan Littlewood. J ame Booth and Barbara Windsor are the two stars (Cinema I, 3rd Ave. at 60th, PL 3-6022.) SUNDAYS AND CYBÈLE-A young French war vet- eran \vho has lost his memory and a child \vho has lost her family become friends and might someday be more than friends, but the world blunderingly intervenes, to the ruin of all their hopes. Sad and beautiful, and l110re beautiful than sad (Fine Arts. 130 E. 5 8th , PL 5-6030.) Two DAUGHTERS-Sufferings of youth and age, as experienced in the steamy back country of Mother India. Written and directed by Satya- jit Ray, from a couple of touching tales by Rabindranath Tagore. (Cinema II, 3rd Ave. at 60th, PL 3-0774.) THE UGLY AMERICAN-A good movie made from a bad novel. Marlon B rando plays the part of an intelligent but wrong-headed United States ambassador to a mythical republic in Southeast Asia. When Mr. Brando feels like acting, no one can beat him, and this time he felt like acting. (Rivoli, B'way at 49th, CI 7-1633; and Trans-Lux East, 3rd Ave. at 58th, PL 9-2262.) WINTER LIGHT-The latest Ingmar Bergman skirmish with God, pictorially handsome but theologically gloomy. (Beekman, 2nd Ave. at 66th, RE 7-2622.) THE WRONG ARM OF THE LAw-Peter Sellers back in top form, in a nonsensical farce about cops and robbers in the not very dangerous London underworld. (Coronet, 3rd Ave. at 59th, PL 1-1535; and 5th Ave. Cinema, 5th Ave. at 12th, WA 4-8339.) REV IV ALS ANNA KARENINA (193s)-The Garbo triumph, which Tolstoy had something to do with, and in which the lady is escorted by Basil Rathbone and Fredric March. (8th St. Playhouse, 52 W. 8th, GR 7-7874; starting May 22.) ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (1944)- The Brooklyn poison classic. Cary Grant. tNew Yorker, B 'way at 88th. TR 4-9 I 89; starting May 2 I. ) AT THE CIRCUS (1939)-DisaPPolnting, Since it's a Marx Brothers affair, and for the loyal only. (Bleecker St. Cinema, 144 Bleecker St., at West Broadway, OR 4-3210; starting May 21.) L'AvVENTURA (1961)-An Italian film that re- cords a joyless affair bet\veen a young man dnd woman searching for a girl who has dis- appeared from a volcanic island (Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, W A 9-3350; May 19- 2 1.) THE BANK DICK (1940)- W. C. Fields as a bank dick. (N ew Yorker, B \vay at 88th, TR 4-9189; May 17-20, last showing at 2:37.) THE BLUE ANGEL (1930 )-Marlene Dietrich as a cabaret singer and Emil J annings as a schoolmaster. l\. German fih11. (8th St. Play- house, 52 W. 8th, GR 7-7874; starting May 22.) BREATHLESS (1961)- J ean-Luc Godard wrote and directed this New Wave French film, in which Jean-Paul Beh11ondo and Jean Seberg playa hoodlum and his American girl friend. (New Charles, Ave. B at 12th, GR 5-4210; through May 21, evening performances only, except on Saturday and Sunday.) TOWN A COLD WIND IN AUGUST (1961)-The story concerns a tough stripper (Lola Albright) and a hitherto virtuous boy (Scott Marlo\'\e) who fall in love (Greenwich, Greenwich Ave. at 12th, WA 9-3350; May 19- 2 1.) A DAY AT THE RACES (1937)-The Marx Brothers again, this time at-\vell at the races. (Bleecker St. Cinema. 144 Bleecker St., at West Broadway, OR 4-3210; starting May 21.) LA DOLCE VITA (1961 )-Each of the dozen or so sequences of this movie tells a separate story, and deals with a separate aspect of present-day Roman life Federico Fellini wrote and directed it and Marcello Mas- troianni plays the leading role. (7 2nd St. Playhouse, 1St Ave at 72nd, BU 8-93 0 4; through May 22, tentative.) Go WEST (1941 )-Still l110re Marx Brothers, here interpreting life on the wild plains. (Bleecker S1. Cinema, 144 Bleecker St., at West Broad\vay, OR 4-3210; May 17- 2 0.) JULES AND JIM (1962)-A French study of an unprincipled and desirable \VOl11an and how she rewards the men who love her. With Jeanne Moreau, Henri Serre, and Oskar Werner, and directed by François Truffaut. (New Yorker, B'way at 88th, TR 4-9 18 9; Mav 16. . . . ç New Charles, Ave. B at 12th, GR 5-4210; tarting May 22, evening per- formances only.) JULIUS CAESAR (1953)-A collaboration between Joseph Mankiewicz and William Shakespeare, \vith James Mason, John Gielgud, and Ed- l110nd O'Brien. (Murray Hill, 160 E. 34th, MU 5-7652.) LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1962 )-A dream, au fond, full of l11en and women l110ving as if drugged through baroque corridors and gar- dens. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; starting May 21.) THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1952)-Alec Guin- ness as the inventor of a fabulous fabric. An English film with Cecil Parker and Joan Greenwood. (Thalia, B'way at 95th AC 2-3370; May 16.) My LITTLE CHICKADEE (1940)-More W C. Fields, this time with Mae West, gal11bolling around in a most unusual Western. (New Yorker, B'way at 88th, TR 4-9 I 89; May 17-20, last showing at 3:52.) THE NIGHT (1902)-A study of a l11arried couple in Milan Directed by Michelangelo A.n- tonioni, with Jeanne Moreau and Marcello Mastroianni. ( ew Charles, Ave. B at 12th, GR 5-4210; through May 21, evening per- formances only, except on Saturday and Sunday.) A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935)-The Marx Brothers again, no\v cutting up in the l11U- sical world. (Bleecker St. Cinel11a, 144 Bleecker St., at West Broadway, OR 4- 3210; May 17-20.) PICNIC ON THE GRASS (1960)-Jean Renoir \\rote, produced, and directed this pagan rite. Paul Meurisse plays a professor of science who forgets science at the sight of a good-looking girl in her skin. (Bleecker St. Cinema, 144 Bleecker St., at West Broadv/ay, OR 4- 3210; May 16.) SYMPHONIE PASTORALE (1948)-The André Gide tory about a blind girl and a pastor, with Michèle Morgan and Pierre Blanchar. In French. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; May 17-20.) A TASTE OF HONEY (1962 )-Shelagh Delaney's play about the coming of age of a girl in an English slum. Directed by Tony Richardson, and \vith Rita Tushingham, Dora Bryan and Robert Stephens. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; tarting May 21.) VIRIDIANA (1962)-Luis Buñuel's account of the havoc wreaked by a virtuous girl who seeks to do God's bidding among His beloved poor. A Spanish picture (New Yorker, B'way at 88th, TR 4-9189; May 16.) WAR AND PEACE (1956)-The Tolstoy clasç;ic with Audrey Hepburn Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer. (Orpheul11, 3rd Ave. at 86th, ..t\.. T 9-4607; Sheridan, 7th Ave. at 12th, W A 9-2166; Loew's 83rd St., B'way at 83rd, TR 7-3190; and Olympia, B'way at 107th, UN 5-8128; starting May 22.) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM LIBRARy-See listing under "Other Events," page 15.